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Originally Posted by Jerry Wiese
I knew that would come up. Well aware of all the music related copyright issues. What does that have to do with Fair Use?
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Unless others chime in to correct me (and IANAL) IMHO I don't see how "Fair Use" would apply to allow a client to post your copyrighted work on YouTube or elsewhere IF in fact you actually have a valid copyright. That use of your materials doesn't come under the umbrella of academic research, criticism and commentary, use as classroom teaching materials in an accredited school or university, or news gathering and it's my understanding that fair use is pretty much limited to copies made expressly for those purposes only and not much else. I'm just guessing, but I think where Richard is going with his questions is that if you didn't have the necessary permissions to use the music to begin with, you're not coming to the party with "clean hands" and any claims you might make regarding owning the copyright on the video would be rendered invalid.